Combination-chair



F. KARSCHITZ.

`COMBINATION CHAIR. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 12, 191g.

A TTUH/VEY Patented sept. 21,1925- FRANK Kanscnirz, or saineisroa'n coiviiiiic'rroiir.

A *ooiviinnrioiv-orrnia-m Application filed'Septeniber 12, 1919. Serial'No. 323,370.

T all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, FRANKY Kansorrrra,

a subject of the Republic of Hungary, re-

siding at Bri lgep'oi't, county of Fairfield,

State of Connecticut, have invented an Improvement in Combination-Chairs, of which the following is a specification.

. This invention relates tothe class ofchairs illustrated and described in Patent No. 1,305,221,1granted to v'me May 27 1919, and has for its object to generally improve the details of construction and to especially adapt the chair per se forV use either in connection with an infantshigh chair or gocart or with a steamboat or invalid chair as well as for use in connection with a swinging chair.

With these and other objects in view I have devised the novel combination chair which I willnow describe referring to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and using reference characters to indicate the several parts.

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the members adjusted for the sitting position, the back being up, the leg and footl rests down, and the table in the horizontal position;

' indicated specifically Fig. 2 a side elevation showing the leg rest raised without raising the foot rest and the table shifted to a position to serve as a reading desk, and

Fig. 3 is an elevation showing the members adjusted to the reclining position.

It should be understood that the chair is adapted without change in its structure to any of the uses above referred to. By attaching an axle, wheels, and a handle to a small sized chair it becomes an infants gocart. By attaching legs it becomes `a high chair, or by attaching legs to a larger sized chair it becomes an invalid or steamboat chair, or by attachingV it to the structure illustrated in my said patent it becomes a swinging chair or hammock.

10 denotes the seat, 11 the back, 12 the leg rest, 13 the foot rest, 28 the arms, and 14 the table. The back is pivoted, as at 16,7to the side strips of the seat, indicated specifically by 15. The side strips of the foot rest,

by 17, are pivoted outside the side strips of the seat on a cross rod 18. Side strips 17 are extended above their pivotal points and are connected to the side strips of the back, indicated specifically by 19, by links 2O which lie substantially shown in Fig. 3, that parallel .with side strips:v 151 of 'the seat. These-links perform their 'usual function in a reclining chair and cause the back and foot 'f rest to swing in unison, the foot rest swinging upward whenvthe backis swung down- PatentediSept. 21.5 I

ward, and lvice versa. The' back .and foot i rest maybe locked at any desired inclination A by means of acurved rack 21, one end of which is pivotedv tol oneof'the sidestrips ofV the back, theother endv sliding through a keeper 22 secured'to the corresponding arm.V The leg rest comprises side strips 23, which are .pivoted concentrically with the foot rest on cross rod 18 on the'inner side of the side strips of the seat, and cross-strips 211. .The c leg rest is retained at any required adjustment by means of asuitable connection, as curved rack 25, one end of which ispivoted to aside strip 23, the other end sliding through a keeper i corresponding side strip 17 of the foot rest. For invalid chairs the leg rest may be made in two parts, rack, yso that either part maybe raised independentlyl of the other; 7`

It will be noted that while the leg'rest may be raised independently of the footl rest, raising of the latter will Acarry the leg rest with it. The table is pivoted, sub-` stantially as in my said patent, to side Vstrips side strips 27 are so connected to the arms that when it is desired to swing the! table fromrthe position shown in Fig. l'to that which it is used as a table to'that in which itis used'as a head rest, side strips 27 may be slid forward so as to enable the table to be swung backward over the head'of a person occupying the chair without the necessity of the occupant bending his head forward, it being -understood of course that when used as a table the member for use. In order to accomplish this result I provide plates 29 which are secured to the arms, each plate being provided with an inwardly extending pin 30. lThese pins proeach provided with acurved Af is from the position inV 26 which is secured to the ico must rest l 'Y close to the occupant in 'convenient position Y 1 ject through slots 31 in side strips .27." The 1 weight of the table and side strips 27 is supported by means of brackets32 secured to the arms near their forward ends. These brackets are provided withv bayonet slots 33 which are engaged by pins Slextending ini ward from side strips 27. When in use as in Fig. l, the table is swung forward until the pins lie in the horizontal portion of' the slots which prevents thetable from being; raised by a child, when used on ahigh chair. To swing the table over backward tothe position shown in Fig. 3, pins 34 are disengaged' from the slots, then the table .is Ino ved forward until pins 30 lie at the rear' ends of slots 31 in which position the table, when swung` over backward, will easily clear the head of an occupant of the chair.

Having thus describedV my invention, I l

claim:

l. 1n a chair the combination with a seat having with pins and near their forward ends with brackets, a back and a foot rest pivoted to the respective ends of the seat, and links arms provided near their rear ends' connecting the back and the foot rest, of a table, and side strips therefor having sliding pivotal connection onv said pins, the weight of the side strips and the table being,- supported by the brackets.

2. 1n a chair the combination with a seat having arms provided near their rear ends with pins and near their forward ends with brackets having bayonet slots, a back and a foot rest pivoted to the respective ends of the seat, and links connecting the back and the foot rest, of a table, and side strips therefor having near their rear ends slots through which the pins on the larms pass, and pins adapted to engage the bayonet slots in the brackets.

In testimony whereofl I aix my sinature.

` FRANK KARSCHITZ. 

